Human trafficking changes over time

For the first time in the 20 years that data have been collected, human trafficking decreased globally in 2020, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. But not all regions saw decreases and Covid-19 might have impacted trends.

Arrow chart showing percent change in human trafficking from 2017 to 2020.
Includes total detected individuals trafficked for labor and sexual exploitation per global region, as defined by the United Nations.
Chart: Erica Hensley, The Fuller ProjectSource: UNODCGet the dataDownload imageCreated with Datawrapper